Undressed.
Such a beautiful thing is a shell,
floating it sings, \'tho half-empty
salt-ocean\'s music expressively,
a sculptured strength rendered
for sea-survival, now undressed
ends close-tuned togetherness.
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Oh shell of beauty, gone forever
such wholeness but in liquid bed
your glistening retains measured
pace with the breakers in restless
dance of sheer abandon even yet.